ELECTED OFFICERS
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Jaiden Ellenwood
President, Strategic Planning Committee Chair, Communications Member, Women’s Conference Co-Chair
Assurance Senior Manager
Eide Bailly LLP
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Hilary Christiansen
President-Elect, Nominating Chair, Sponsorship Committee Chair, Women’s Conference Committee Member
Special Assistant to the CFO
Essentia Health
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Michael Chase
Secretary
Partner
Baird Holm LLP
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John Shurtliff
Treasurer, Sponsorship Member
Assurance Senior Manager
Eide Bailly LLP
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Bryant Blay
Vice President and Programming Committee Chair, Certifications Committee Chair
CFO
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital
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Jenny Peterson
Immediate Past President, Chapter Success Award Chair, Women’s Conference Committee Member
Decision Support Analyst III
Commonspirit Health
DIRECTORS
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Charlie Hammel
Director – 2nd Year, Programming Member, Women’s Conference Committee Member
Director of Revenue Cycle
Henry County Health Center
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Cindy Petty
Director – 2nd Year
Director of Revenue Cycle
Cass Health
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Blake Sorrell
Director – 2nd Year, Networking Co-Chair, Sponsorship Member
Director of Healthcare Banking
First National Bank of Omaha
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Taylor Gehring
Director – 1st Year, Women’s Conference Co-Chair, Communications Co-Chair, Communications Website Contact
Assurance Manager
Eide Bailly LLP
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Ashley Allers
Director – 1st Year, Women’s Conference Committee Member
CFO
Van Diest Medical Center
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Megan Covert
Director – 1st Year, Women’s Conference Committee Member
Director of Sales and Marketing
Credit Bureau Services of Iowa, Inc.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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Emily Hansen
Networking Co-Chair
Assurance Manager
Eide Bailly LLP
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Brian Grimes
By-Laws/Policies and Procedures Chair, Historian, Programming Committee Member
President
Credit Bureau Services of Iowa, Inc.
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Rhonda Hamm
Communications Committee Co-Chair
Revenue Cycle Management EveryStep
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Tara Spidle
Founder’s Points Chair
CFO
Decatur County Hospital
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Tim Huber
Membership Committee Chair
Vice President of Finance
MercyOne Northeast Iowa